Michael D. Sidman, Ph.D. Engineering Consultant

EXPERT SERVICES
FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION

Expert witness and technical consultant
in intellectual property and technology related litigation

Areas of expertise

Mechatronics	Motion Control	Digital Servo Systems
Electromechanical Systems	Mechanisms	Adaptive Control
Simulation of Dynamic Systems	Active Shock and Vibration Control	System Identification
Computer Peripherals	Sensors and Actuators	Active Damping
Magnetic Disk Drives	Mechanical Resonances	Vector and Field Oriented Control
Optical Disc Drives	Control Systems	DC and AC Motor Control
Tape Drives and Printers	Dynamometer Control	Stepper Motor Control
Motor Drive Electronics	Analog Circuitry	Control Algorithms

Qualifications

Over 20 years experience providing expert witness services
Deposition and courtroom experience
Ph.D. - Stanford University in 1986 (Electrical Engineering and Aero-Astro Depts.)
Over 35 years industrial design experience
Independent engineering consultant to companies worldwide over 17 years
Named inventor on eighteen U.S. patents
Author, numerous technical papers
Founder, Digital Equipment Corporation Storage Division's Servo-Mechanical Advanced Development Group
Senior Member - IEEE
Past Section Chairman - ASME
Listed in Marquis Who'sWho in Science and Engineering